Planning - analysis of orginal video

EMLIE SANDE- WONDER

http://youtu.be/_kASjW_aPbQ

Looking at Emiles music video her visuals and lyrics are realted. The lyrics to me is potraying that we are able to achieve everything and we are capable of anything. The emphises on the Wonder. The lyrics then are potrayed into the visuals. In the video emile is in a dream. As we all dream who what we could become and fantisise in the things that are luxuaries. The door that is shown in the middle of a river shows that where ever we are their are doors opened, oppertunites that we should take as we only live once. The river was in Denmark a beautiful location. Emlie as a motif has used the colour running throught and the smoke makes it seem like our desires are a drift away. We need to reach high in oder to reach them.

Similarites in the visuals and music is that their is the paino being played throughtout which akes it peacful and makes it seem like a lullaby. To exatrate the dream. And it seems like its transporting you into a different world.

More over this music video has the genre characteristics for soul and R&B. This is shown through the instruments being used. Also that the video is not a perfomance Its based around a concept rather then it being a narrative. However it has elements of R&B through the high production and the mise en sence such as emilies look, she is well dressed and dolled up.

Wonder video has some intertexualitity from Rihannas video. She also films in a river but both serve different purposes. Rihannas video is showing her a preditor seraching for her man. Whilst Emile is fantising along a river which makes i peacful and traniqul. Somewhere where your at ease and drift of.

What is more is that the video has notions of looking shown through the use of close ups of Emlies face. But unlike other R&B videos there is no voyeursim.

In terms of camera and shots. There are variouse shot used; Medium close up, extreme close up, over the shoulder, establishing shot and long shots. Camera follows through slowly. Low angel is used. And tracking of Emile and the boat through the river.  The postioning of the camera and the artist remian close. And its done in deep focus.